Improvement in paper boxes



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Patented Feb. 17,1874.

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UNITED STATES f FBEDRICK IV. SMITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. l?, dated February 17, 1874; application filed September 25, 1873.

To all whom, 'it may concern.'

Beit known that I, FREDRICK W.SM1T1I, of Chicago, county of Cook and vState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof1 reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this speeication.

Figure l represents a perspective view of the packet or box with the lids opened. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the same with the lids closed. Fig. 3 represents the forni of the sheet which the packetis made of. Fig. 4 represents a cross-section ot' the box, taken through line x x, Fig. 1.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a packet or box, made of pasteboard or stiff paper,.for containing spices, sugar, coffee, and other articles, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the sheet which forms the body ot' the packet. This sheet is cut in oblong or square forni, having at the top two short projecting strips, C C, and one longer projecting strip, Cf C, which is between and separated from the strips C C, as shown in Fig. 3. The strip A is creased from top to bottom, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, so that a wing, B B', is left at each end. The packet is formed by bending the sheet A around, so that the parts marked B B form the ends, the part B forms the front, the central part A forms the back, the part B folds Within or behind the part B', andthe parts C C form short lids, and the part C C forms the top or main lid. A piece, G, is then pnt in and forms the bottom of the box. A strip, E, is put in between the two parts B and B', which piece does not extend to the top, but leaves a narrow space, a, as shown in Fig. 4. The parts, after being folded together, are pasted or glued. An exterior covering of thin paper is then put on to give the box a neat finish. The packet is tilled with the material desired, and the twotlaps C C folded down on the same. The lid C is then brought down, so that the wing C passes into the recess af. A string, D, is run around the edges of the top, leaving the ends protruding. A covering or cap of thin paper, C is then pasted over the lid and string, so that when the box is to be opened it is only necessary to draw the cord, tear the thin paper cap, and open the lids.

A packet thu-s formed can be easily manufactured, cheaply made, and readily opened without destroying the packet, and thus allow it to be reuse-d.

In so nie cases I may dispense with the crosslids C C, if so desired.

Having thus fully described niy invention, what I claim, and desire. to secure by Let-ters Patent, is

As an article ot' nninufaeture, the packet A, made of pasteboard or stit't' paper, in the form described, with the parts A B B B B, lid C C, strip E, recess a, and bottom G, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

FREDBICK W. SMITH.

Witnesses N. C. GRIDLEY, F. F. WARNER.

T OFFICE. 

